Last night was the University of Illinois's Relay For Life. For those of you who have never heard of Relay For Life, I'll give a quick little overview. Relay for life is an even that raises money for the American Cancer Society. People form teams (or participate on an individual basis) and raise money. It lasts all night long. Theoretically ( Read more... )

In two weeks I will done with my first year of college.  It's gone by so fast.  I can hardly believe it.  Now, I wouldn't say I've regretted the past year.  Far from it.  But there are things that I wish I could have done.  I pretty much spent my year right here.  Right in this spot, sitting at my desk on my Computer.  The combination of me being a ( Read more... )

Ice Sculpture
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Winter's snowy months
Bare their icy teeth
But blizzards and hail
Hide what's beneath

Pristine and pure
Is the powdered snow.
Elgance and beauty
The ice doth bestow.

The artisan working
Through the bitter cold
Scultping his masterpiece
All waiting to behold.

Gleaming with beauty
Is the sculpture of ice.
But through my ( Read more... )

So I've always had this love/hate relationship with P.E.  In highschool.  I got to get out of it each fall because of Marching Band and then had to go back in the Spring.  And I would haaate going to Gym,b ut I always had a good work ethic so I always did my best and tried and wasn't one of those stupid heads who waddled everywhere.  Dodgeball was ( Read more... )

So.  Google.  It's too big of a thing to really get in depth with on one post.  So I'll just give my general feelings about the subject.  And please, please try and remember that these are my opinions.  I try to make them as informed as possible, but of course that's not always going to be the case.

Many of the people who know me know that I am a ( Read more... )

Have any of you ever seen the movie Spanglish?  I think it's a good movie, but what I want to talk about is a certain scene from the movie.  John (Adam Sandler) promised Flor's daughter that he'd pay her a little bit of money to collect some sea glass, and Flor taylor's a jacket that's too small for John's daughter.  When John ends up giving the ( Read more... )

This might sound a little bit like preaching or lecturing, but just think of it as advice... but here I go anyway.

Don't give up on your friends.  Even when things are bad, that doesn't mean they can't and won't get better.  Of coures there are times when friends just... grow apart, but that's just all the more reason to value friendships while ( Read more... )